Historical Marker

Oak Ridge Cemetery (2016)

Macon · Bibb County · Erected 2016

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Macon designated this ground for African American burials in 1851, though interments began earlier. It holds many enslaved and free Black people buried before the Civil War, a number in graves now unmarked and being rediscovered.

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Oak Ridge Cemetery is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County, erected in 2016. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8486, -83.6366 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oak Ridge Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr., Alfred Holt Colquitt, and Riverside Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

Also at or near Macon, Bibb County

“Oak Ridge Cemetery” names 2 distinct records in Bibb County. This page is the historical marker erected in 2016 in Macon. The others:

Oak Ridge Cemetery — Cemetery in Macon

📍 32.8486, -83.6366 · Macon, Bibb County

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Nearby in Bibb County

General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr.

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